PDP has replied the Chairman of
APC who in a statement released by
his media aide, Segun Dipe, said
the opposition party lacked the
moral basis to comment on the
current state of the economy since
the party's policies brought the
country to its present state.
PDP in its reply, listed the economic
indices of Nigeria before the
Buhari-led government came in.
The party stated that President
Buhari's performance thus far has
been shambolic and has revered
the gains they made when they
were in power. Read the statement
after the cut...
We read the statement by Chief
John Oyegun, chairman of APC, to
the effect that PDP has no right to
speak about President Buhari's
economic failures & felt compelled
to respond for record purposes.
First of all, Section S39 CFRN
guarantees all Nigerians the right
to freedom of expression. Chief
Oyegun and his party would do well
to stop its many attempts at
violating this right. Secondly, we
will not follow Chief Oyegun’s path
by responding with an invective
rejoinder. However, as lawyers say,
we will let the facts speak for
themselves. For the avoidance of
doubt these are some of the
economic indices inherited by the
Buhari admin:

a. No 1 destination for Foreign
Investment in Nigeria with $395m
in investments in Q1 2015 alone.

b. Inflation at single digit
interest rates for several years. It
was 9.6% at the inception of the
@MBuhari admin.

c. A GDP that had grown at an
average of 8% p/a in the last 10
years. Nigeria is currently
experiencing its first negative GDP
growth since the return of
Democracy in 1999.

d. A telecoms sector that has
received more than $32b in
investment since 2001.

e. The largest economy in African
valued at over $500b.

f. An economy that was
managing successfully dealing with
its unemployment challenges

g. An economy that had
successfully increased per capita
income from $299.4 in 1999 to
$2640 in 2015.

h. A stock market valued at
N11.66t. The Nigerian Stock market
has lost more than N1.3t of its
value since the inception of the
Buhari admin.

i. An economy that had reduced
its food import bill from well over
N1t to N684.7 billion as at
December 2013 & and was on target
to meet its target of producing
20million MT of food annually.

j. An economy that was
diversifying by exponentially
increasing non-oil revenue for the
federation.

k. A successfully unbundled
power sector with an inductive
environment for investment.

l. An economy that had
successfully reduced its personnel
cost over the last 5 years.
m. Several tools for combating
corruption such as IPPIS, TSA,
GIFMIS, EFCC & ICPC.

In the past year, the APC led FG
has detained & publicly accused
Col. Sambo Dasuki & members of
our party for corruption. We find
it surprising that the FG is asking
for secret trials for the accused
persons. We urge the FG to try
them openly & in respect for the
rule of law. We feel compelled to
remind Chief Oyegun that not all
monies generated from crude oil
sales accrue to the Federal
Government. Monies from crude
sales accrue to Nigeria & its various
JV partners. What accrues to
Nigeria is then shared between the
FG, States & LGAs subject to the
deduction of operational expenses.
It is either a rookie mistake, or
deliberate misrepresentation to
state that the Jonathan admin
could not account for money it is
under no obligation to account
for. Having said that, we urge the
@MBuhari admin to audit NNPC if
he feels the need to & to prosecute
anyone found guilty of
misappropriation of public funds
according to the law. There are NO
economic indices anywhere in the
world by which the Buhari admin
can be rated better than ours’. His
performance as President thus far
has been shambolic and on a daily
basis he reverses the gains we have
made. Chief Oyegun should be
reminded that we handed over a
significantly better Nigeria to
Buhari than we received from the
military. Chief Oyegun should also
be reminded that president played
a significant role in the state of
Nigeria handed over to us – first as
Head of State between 1983 &
1985, then as a member of the
government of the Late General
Sani Abacha. Chief Oyegun would
be better served to advice the
president on how to reverse the
recession he has brought on us. Or
how to resolve the humanitarian
crises in the North East. Or how to
reverse the polio outbreak recently
discovered in Nigeria after our
policies had seen a complete
eradiction of polio from more than
half of the world’s polio cases in
2009 to 6 in 2014 & 0 in 2015. We
would like to give Chief Oyegun the
compliments of our warmest
regards.

asorocker:
At the rate Nigeria is descending , only God knows what Nigeria will be by 2019, When Obasanjo named a Chmpazee Patience and handed it over to a game reserve in Cross river state , the whole Nigerian hypocrits kept quiet as if nothing happend , now somebody buys a dog and calls it Buhari and the whole Nigerian Hypocrits take sides and demand for the man's head, i can see why this country is cursed and called a zoo and while some people want to opt out by every means possible, Nigerian problem is hypocrisy which has eaten deep into the societal fabric , there is nothing like human rights , right to expression and freedom fo speech , it is as if the spirit of hypocrisy has taken over Nigeria
,i even saw during APC campaing how a monkey was named PDP and covered in PDP attire.

Some uarmed demonstrators are shot for demonstartion while pigs masquerading as herdsmen are busy ransacking , killing and brutalling oppressing other peopl and not a single arrest is made.
i only have a mesage for the hypocrits supporting this level of of abuse of personal rights.
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Socialist.

Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me

crixtex:
At least we see someone who went somewhere and coming back home... nothing to hide. .

Unlike someone dat went somewhere, entered silently and now came back silently at night.......

madridguy:
What do you expect me to say? Polio will remain in Nigeria in as much we don't eradicate corruption. Do you know how much the corrupt elite get from this polio of a thing? I have my fact.

Kill corruption to send Polio outta our country.

Originality007:
Noting good come from north except tomatoes, pepper and beans, even their kulikuli dey get sand,

idupaul:
Why is the UN behaving like kids they were only technically attacked by a technically defeated Boko Haram na

amtalkin:
Let us all take a deep breath.....
breath in
breath out

Now imagine Islam never existed

Kindly drop your answer
Thanks.

seguno2:
Just like the ones promised by their progreTHIEF party at the federal level, abi?
Just like the ones delivered by their progreTHIEF party to us in over one year of being in power?
740,000 immediate jobs.
3,000,000 new jobs every year.

How many jobs did Comrade Oshiomole promise in 2007 for Edo people?
How many jobs has he provided in eight years?
Even the juiciest job of being his wife, he preferred to IMPORT and waste Edo people's money on the FOREX needed for it.
A zombie won't even believe this lie from Obaseki.

seguno2:
Just like the ones promised by their progreTHIEF party at the federal level, abi?
Just like the ones delivered by their progreTHIEF party to us in over one year of being in power?
740,000 immediate jobs.
3,000,000 new jobs every year.

How many jobs did Comrade Oshiomole promise in 2007 for Edo people?
How many jobs has he provided in eight years?
Even the juiciest job of being his wife, he preferred to IMPORT and waste Edo people's money on the FOREX needed for it.
A zombie won't even believe this lie from Obaseki.

theripper3:
Some of the demerits of polygamy .
One wife is a wife 2 wives is half a wife 3 wives is no wife at all 4 wives is just an open cheque to the grave
Others well...........

vikstandon:


I admire them and I feel guilty of not carrying out that mandate of preaching that gospel in the early hours of the morning when the heart is still a virgin land to assimiliate the words... Because that is what CHRIST would want me to do.

YOU MAY NOT HAVE ACQUAINTED URSELF WITH CHRIST TEACHINGS.... The bible in 2Timothy 4:2 enjoins us to "Preach the word in season and out of season"